Dawnay

Dawnay is a South African singer, producer and song writer best known for his hit "U Touch Me" which broke records in South Africa when it spent 22 weeks at the top of the charts in 2001,toppling artists such as Destiny's Child and Shaggy from the No. 1 position. Dawnay opened for Shaggy in 2002. In 2002 Dawnay also received a SAMA nomination for "Best pop album". Dawnay's hit song "You touch me", was also used in a "Simba" advert and the song was also the only local song used in the Coca-Cola pop stars auditions. Following South African success, WEA / Eternal (part of Warner Music) in the UK picked up the license.In 2002, a promo 12" vinyl and CD single was released featuring remixes by Almighty, Xenomania and Nip & Tuck. "U Touch Me" is published by Robroy Music. Quotes Well, I was initially the Communications Director at the Trust, before becoming London Director where I designed a programme known as The London Project. It concluded that the Trust needed to engage with Londoners in many innovative ways, but especially away from our property estate in various ways. We learned that there is a huge appetite among London audiences for anything that appears new and unusual. Build it and they will come. Our target audience was 20-35-year-olds which is not a traditional audience for us. I spearheaded a project about engaging with people in innovative ways in London. The motivation for the National Trust is in engaging new audiences. Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly, London is the area with lowest National Trust membership in the UK. There are many reasons for that – not least that we don’t have a lot of properties in London – but also London has a very transient population, and significant non-British population. So, I was left with the challenge of how you engage with those populations, and also with the question of younger people. External links Category:Living people Category:Singers from South Africa Category:Songwriters from South Africa Category:Music producers from South Africa